Diversity in Akureyri

Linguistically diverse children in Akureyri's preschools (spring 2021)

Iðavöllur

20

 

  

Lundarsel

8

 

  

Hulduheimar

10

 

  

Pálmholt

15

 

  

Krógaból

9

 

  

Kiðagil

5

 

  

Naustatjörn

13

 

  

Tröllaborgir/Árholt

4

 

  

Hríseyjarskóli

 -

 

  

Hólmasól

6

 

  

Total

90

 

  

 

Pupils of foreign origin in Akureyri's elementary schools (2020)

  • In total: 233 (8,63%) pupils
  • Oddeyrarskóli (site in Icelandic) has the highest number: 200 pupils (20%)
  • Other primary schools have around 5-10%
  • 118 (51%) pupils have both parents of foreign origin
  • 114 (62%) pupils were born in Iceland
  • 29 languages are spoken among the pupils

Find more information in the Division of Education's report (in Icelandic) on Akureyri's elementary schools 2019-2020.

Inhabitants of Akureyri with foreign citizenship (2022)

Citizenship

 

   January 2022

AL

Albanía

1

DZ

Alsír

1

AR

Argentína

 -

AZ

Aserbaidjan

 -

AT

Austurríki

7

AU

Ástralía

2

US

Bandaríkin

26

BD

Banglades

-

BE

Belgía

11

BA

Bosnía-Hersegóvína

 -

BO

Bólivía

 -

BR

Brasilía

3

GB

Bretland

31

BG

Búlgaría

25

CL

Chile

 -

CR

Costa Rika

 -

DK

Danmörk

35

DO

Dómníska lýðveldið

 -

EG

Egyptaland

2

EE

Eistland

16

EC

Ekvador

 1

EH

 Vestur Sahara

 -

ER

Erítrea

 -

ET

Eþíópía

 -

PH

Filippseyjar

15

FI

Finnland

6

CI

Fílabeinsströnd

 -

FR

Frakkland

37

GM

Gambía

 -

GE

Georgía

 -

GH

Ghana

6

GR

Grikkland

5

GT

Guatemala

2

CV

Grænhöfðaeyjar

 -

GL

Grænland

 -

NL

Holland

10

HN

Hondúras

 -

BY

Hvíta Rússland

6

IN

Indland

5

ID

Indónesía

1

IQ

Írak

8

IE

Írland

7

IR

Íran

1

IT

Ítalía

21

JM

 Jamaíka

2

JP

Japan

 1

YE

Jemen

 -

YU

Júgóslavía

 -

CM

Kamerún

 -

CA

Kanada

3

KE

Kenía

8

CN

Kína

3

QR

Kósóvó

 -

HR

Króatía

30

CU

Kúba

1

LV

Lettland

73

LT

Litáen

59

LB

Líbanon

 -

LR

Líbería

 -

MY

Malasía

 -

MT

Malta

2

MU

Marítíus

 -

MA

Marokkó

9

MX

Mexíkó

3

MZ

Mósambik

 -

NA

Namibía

 -

NP

Nepal

 1

NG

Nígería

13

NI

Nikaragva

 -

NO

Noregur

16

NZ

Nýja Sjáland

 -

PK

Pakistan

2

PA

Panama

 -

PE

Perú

 -

PT

Portúgal

17

PL

Pólland

413

RO

Rúmenía

35

RU

Rússland

3

RS

Serbía

3

CS

Serbía og Svartfjallal

 1

SL

Sierra Leone

 -

SG

Singapúr

 -

SK

Slóvakía

9

SI

Slóvenía

 -

SO

Sómalía

10

ES

Spánn

43

ZA

Suður Afríka

 -

KR

Suður Kórea

1

CH

Sviss

5

SE

Svíþjóð

13

SV

 El Salvador

1

SY

Sýrland

29

TH

Taíland

15

TZ

Tansanía

 -

CZ

Tékkland

42

TN

Túnis

2

TO

Tonga

 -

TT

 Trínidad og Tóbago

1

TR

Tyrkland

 

HU

Ungverjaland

15

UG

Úganda

 

UA

Úkranía

7

UZ

Úsbekistan

 -

XZ

Án ríkisfangs (flóttamenn)

3

VE

Venesúela

1

EH

Vestur Sahara

 -

VN

Víetnam

2

DE

Þýskaland

74

XY

  

 -

 

Total

1.265

Diversity policies

Multicultural policy of Akureyri (in Icelandic)

Akureyri's Human Rights Policy

Research papers on diversity

Foreigners at the end of the fjord: Inhabitants of foreign origin in Akureyri.

Icelandic case study: Overcoming the underemployment of immigrant women in Akureyri.

Inhabitants of foreign origin in Akureyri 2012.

Migrating to the High North: Experiences of Happiness among the Immigrant Population of Akureyri. Barillé, S. & Meckl, M. (2018.). Migrating to the High North: Experiences of Happiness among the Immigrant Population of Akureyri. In G, Baruchello., J. T. Kristjánsson., K. M. Jóhannsdóttir & S. Ingimarsson (Eds.). No One is an Island: An Icelandic Perspective (pp. 41-58). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Nemendur af erlendum uppruna: Reynsla foreldra og kennara af námi og kennslu. (in Icelandic)

Samfélag án aðgreiningar? Viðhorf innflytjenda á Íslandi til símenntunar og íslenskunámskeiða. (in Icelandic)

Spatial mobility and tolerance towards immigrants: the case of Northern Iceland.

The Education of Students with Immigrant Background in Iceland: Parents’ and Teachers’ Voices.

Last updated 15. August 2023